Lung cancer report:

Lung cancer report: "They said it was bronchitis" Health: self.com

"Montessa Lee's chest hurt. The stabbing pain that started in September 2006 seemed to come out of nowhere: She wasn't sick, exercised regularly, ate a healthy vegetarian diet and didn't smoke.

...lung cancer rates are higher among women who have never smoked than in male never-smokers. Experts suspect that estrogen—a female hormone that can act as a tumor promoter—may be one factor in the gender difference. And a delayed diagnosis could be deadly: Some tumors are fast-growing and can double in size in as few as two weeks, Dr. Bepler says.

"Anyone who has lungs can get lung cancer," Lee stresses. "

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